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French navy ship hovers outside Myanmar, awaiting permission to land aid
YANGON, Myanmar - A French navy ship carrying aid material idled near Myanmar's coast Saturday, awaiting permission from the ruling military regime to dock in the cyclone-devastated Irrawaddy delta. ...
Bus collides with tractor in eastern China today, killing 14
BEIJING - State media say at least 14 people have died in a collision between a bus and a tractor in eastern China. The official Xinhua News Agency says an explosion occurred when the bus and tract...
Kuwaitis vote for new parliament to break political deadlock
KUWAIT CITY - Voters in Kuwait lined up Saturday to vote in landmark parliamentary elections that could substantially change the legislative body of the tiny, oil-rich Gulf emirate following electoral...
Pakistan's ambassador to Afghanistan freed 3 months after kidnapping
ISLAMABAD, Pakistan - Pakistan's ambassador to Afghanistan returned home Saturday three months after he was kidnapped on the main highway through Pakistan's wild border region. The release of Tariq...
Former archbishop of Canterbury asks Iraqi militants to release 5 Britons
LONDON - A former Church of England leader has appealed for militants to release five British civilians kidnapped in Iraq a year ago. Former Archbishop of Canterbury George Carey released a video t...
Zimbabwe's Tsvangirai postpones return after assassination threat
JOHANNESBURG, South Africa - A Zimbabwe opposition spokesman says threats of assassination have derailed plans for party leader Morgan Tsvangirai to return home. Spokesman George Sibotshiwe says pa...
5 computer hackers arrested in Spain, accused of disabling gov't Web pages
MADRID, Spain - Spanish police have arrested five young computer hackers who allegedly disabled Internet pages run by government agencies in the U.S., Latin America and Asia. The National Police de...
Six Kurdish rebels killed in clash with soldiers in eastern Turkey
ISTANBUL, Turkey - Turkey's state-run media say six Kurdish rebels have been killed in a clash with soldiers in eastern Turkey. The Anatolia news agency says the clash erupted in Van province near ...
Israel's police minister to seek leadership of Olmert's party in the future
JERUSALEM - Israel's public security minister says he plans to seek the leadership of embattled Prime Minister Ehud Olmert's Kadima Party one day. Public Security Minister Avi Dichter is a member o...
U.S. House speaker Nancy Pelosi makes surprise visit to Iraq
BAGHDAD - An Iraqi government official says U.S. House Speaker Nancy Pelosi has arrived in Baghdad for a surprise visit. The official says the California Democrat is meeting with Iraqi Prime Minist...
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